Fireproof partition and furring.



PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

A. PRIDDLE. FIREPROOI PARTITION AND IURRING.

APPLICATION FILED JULYQ' 1906.

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No. 860,884. PATENIBD JULY 23, 1907.

A. PRIDDLB. I'IREPROOF PARTITION AND FURRING.

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vention consists of certain novel features of construction, combinationand arrangement of parts herein- ARTHUR PRIDDLE, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA.`

FIREPROOF PARTITION AND FURRING.

N o. 860,884. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1906. Serial No. 325,340.

Patented July 23,1907'.

To all '1v/mm it may concern: orV beams of any desired form and shape incross-section 13e it known that I, An'rH UR PRIDDLE, a citizen of the Iand-locktheni together in intersecting positions at right United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county angles or at other angles bymeans of locking dogs of San Francisco and State of California, haveinvented I formed integral with such oi the bars or beams which certainnew and useful Improvements in Fireproof I are slotted or recessed toreceive the other. Partitions and Fui-ring; and I do declare thefollowing In the accompanying drawings, the Dumm-L1 1 d0 to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invennotes a flat bar or beam, orone of any other form in tion, such as will enable others skilled intheart to cross-section, which is cut or punched to receive bars or whichit appertains to make and use the same. beams 2 of V-forin or bars orbeams of any other shape My invention relates to improvements in[ire-proof which intersect the bars l at right angles or at anyoth erbuilding construction, and more particularly to partianglo, The anglebars 2 are shown in Fig; 1 in vertical tions and furring made oi metalbeams or bars of various positions or use as studs, and the connectingbars 2 are shapes in crosssection. l arranged horizontally or laterallyfor connecting said The object of the invention is to provide a light,studs, but it will be understood'that the bars l may be strong and rigidstructure of this character which may arranged vertically and used asstudsand the bars 2 arbe easily manufactured at a small cost from flat,chanranged laterally for use as spacing and connecting memnel,Il-shaped, V-shaped, T-shaped, U-shaped, etc., bers. The openings orslots punched in said bars vary metal bars or beams now on the market,or from other i inshape according to the shape of the bars they are toshaped metal bars or beams constructed especially for i receive, andthey may be arranged at a distance from the purpose intended. I theouter edges of .the bars l, as shown at 3 in Fig. 2, or

Another object of the invention is to provide a strucso as to intersectthe said outer edges, as shown at 4 in ture of Vthis character in whichthe intersecting bars or said figure. When the slots are arranged asshown at 3, beams will be effectively locked and upon which the j theyform locking dogs 5 which are Within the side lightest metal lathing maybe used to advantage withedges of the bars 1l and are bent upwardly, asclearly out the necessity of stifiening or reinforcing the structure.

. sorted in the slotsS, and when they are arranged as With the above andother objects in View, the inshown at 4, they form at the outer edges ofthe bars 1 pair of dogs G which are also bent upwardly, as shown in Fig.4, for a similar purpose. After the bars i2 have been placed in positionin the slots,l the dogs'5, 6 are bent downwardly seas to grip the bars 2and tightly lock the parts together. form a frame which may be usedeither as a wall furring, ceiling iurring or a single partition, butwhen a double partition or wall is desired, two of such frames areconnected together and spaced apart by connecting elements 7 in the formof metal plates arranged transversely and having slots or openingsadjacent to their ends to correspond to the slots or openings in thebars l and for the reception oi the bars 2, as clearly shown in Figs. l,2 and 3 of the drawings.` These connecting plates or clips 7 may bearranged at any desired intervals alongthe bars l and 2, and it will bealso understood, that the latter may be arranged at any distances apart.The` plates or clips 7 simply tie the two single partitions together,thus forming a double partition, between which pipes, electricalconductors and the like may be run. Whena single partition orframecomposed of the intersecting barsl, 2 is to be used as a urring eitherfora wall or for a ceiling, the clips 7 may be used for attaching thesame to some suitable support upon a wall or un- The partitions orframes provide a suitable after described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure l is a side elevation of a portionof a double partition constructed in accordance with my invention of'V-shaped or angle metal studs and flat connecting bars or beams; Fig. 2is a horizontal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a detailvertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 inFig. 2; Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views showing the two forms of lockigdogs? Fig. G is a side elevation, with parts in section, of a singlepartition or furring composed entirely of flat intersecting beams orbars; Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane indicatedby theline 7--7 in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion ofone of the studs and one of the tie-bars shown in Figs. 6 and 7; Fig. 9is a perspective view of two tie-bars, showingr the alining notches intheir-overlapping ends; Fig. l0 is a detail view similar to Fig. 8,showing a slightly modiiied form of the locking dog; Fig. Il is avertical sectional View through another modied' form of my improvedpartition, showing truss rods for bracing the same, and the metallathing and plaster secured upon the opposite sides of the partition;Fig. l2 is a detail horizontal sectional view through the same; and Fig.13 is a vertical sectional view through the partition, showing anothermanner in which the truss rods may be applied thereto.

In the practice of my invention, I employ metal bars ofwire mesh,expanded metal, or any other similar material suitable for thispurposefoundon the market.

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i In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 6

The intersecting lbars l, 2

shown in Fig. 5, so that the' bars 2 may be readily iny background uponwhich toiasten metal lathing either -Thcse dogs may be oi any desiredsize and shape'7 asv to 10, inclusive of the drawings, a singlepartition is formed entirely of flat metal bars 11, 12, which intersecteach other at right angles and correspond to the bars 1, 27 in the formof the invention previously described. In this construction, thetie-bars. 11 are formed with notches 13 to engage the vertical or endwalls of slots or openings lfi, formed in the studs l2. These slots oropenings 14 are formed by making angular slits in said bars and bendingthe portions between said slits outwardly, so as to form locking dogs15.

slrdwn in Fig. 8, they are pointed or of V-orm, and vas shown in Fig.l0, they are square or rectangular. The width oi the slots or openings14 is slightly greater than the width oi the slits formed between thenotches 13 and the edges of the tie-bars l1, so that when said bars areinserted in an angular position in the opening 14,

they may be turned to a horizontal position by allowing the notches 13to engage the end walls of said opening, as will be readily understoodby referring to the drawings. When the tie-bars are thus placed inposition, they are retained therein by bending the dogs l5 downwardly,as rshown in Figs.. 8 and 10. Two or more tie-bars .l1 may be securedtogether by forming in their overlapping ends alining notches, as shownin Fig. 9, both oi said ends being inserted in one of the openings 14and retained therein by one of the dogs l5.

Thisconstruction provides a more rigid and stronger connection betweenthe intersecting bars or beams, which latter may be curved or angularinsteadof fiat, as shown in the drawings.

In Fig. 11 of the drawings, I have`shown one o my improved partitionsfinished, that is, with the metal lathing 18 Aand the plaster 19 appliedto its opposite i'aces, The form of partition shown in this figure isthe same in construction as that shown in Figs. l and 2, but theangle-bars or studs 2 are arranged horizontally, and the flat bars orbeams 1 are arranged vertically; hence the connecting elements or plates7 are arranged vertically instead o horizontally.- 1n this form of theinvention, 1- provide truss rods 20, for the purpose of strengtheningthe partition. These rods 20 are only employed when the partition isvery high, or when it is desired to have the same especially strong andrigid, and they may be of any desired form andA construction. As shownin Figs. 11 and 12, each one comprises two metal rods, which have theirupper and lower ends 21 secured to or engaged with the ceiling and floorbetween which the partition is located, and their adjacent ends areadjustably connected by a turn-buckle, sleeve nut or the like 22. 'Asshown, this turn-buckle is swiveled at 23 to the end of one ofthe rodsections and has its nut screwed upon the screw-threaded endf24 of theadjacent rod section. The intermediate portions of the truss rodsarearranged diagonally or ang-ularly, being bent around the horizontalbars 2 and their tie-plates 7, as shown in Fig. 11.

The truss rods shown in Figi. 13 of the drawings, are similar butshorter, and their hooked ends are engaged with the bars 2 oi thepartition, turn-buckles or the ,like being provided between theirsections as shown.

1t will be understood that the truss rods insteadA oi being arrangedvertically may be arranged diagonally or horizontally.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings` the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined by theappend/ed claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:-

1. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a pair ofintersecting bars or beams, one having anl opening and a tongue formingone side of said opening, the other extending through said opening.bearing vagainst one side thereof and engaged by the said tongue.

2. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a pair ofintersecting bars or beams, one having an opening and a tongue formingone side of said openingthe other extending through said opening,bearing against one side thereof and engaged by the said` tongue, and athird element arranged at an angle to the other two, at the point ofintersection thereof, bearing 0n one of them and having an opening', anda tongue forming one side of said opening'. the other of the first-namedbars, beams or elements extending through said opening. hearing againstone side thereof and engaged by the said tongue.

ing metal bars or beams. some of said bars or beams being formed 'withangular slots or openings arranged between their edges to receive theother bars or beams and to provide locking dogs, substantially asdescribed.

4. A double re-proof partition comprising side frames. each composed `ofintersecting metal bars or beams, some of said hars or beams beingformed with slots or openingsy to receive the others and to providelocking' dogs adjacent to said slots or openings, and slots or openingstherein to aline with the slots or openings in some of said bars orbeams and to receive the other of said bars or beams. i

5. A double fire-proof partition comprising side frames, each composedof intersecting metalbars or beams, some of `said bars or beams beingformed with angular slots or openings to receive-the other of said barsor beams and to provide locking dogs, and spacing clips or platesconnecting said frames, said plates or clips being formed with slots oropenings to aline with the slots or openings in some of said bars orbeams and to receive the other of said bars or' beams, substantially asdescribed.

6. A fire-proof partition or furring, comprising intersecting bars orbeams, some of said bars or beams beingformed with openings to providelocking dogs, and the othervof said bars or beams being formed in theiredges with notches to engage the walls of said slots or openings, saidlocking dogs being adapted to be bent-out to permit et `the inser# tionof the notched hars o'r beams in said slots or openings, and to be bentinwardly to retain said notched bars therein, substantially asdescribed. s,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. i'

v ARTHUR IRIDDLE.

Witnesses JOHN MCGUIGAN, MILTON PiuDDLn.

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